Making grassroots football better

It’s All About Better...

Clubs

Kits

Communities

Kick-About

Celebrations

When a club runs smoothly everyone benefits. We’ve helped thousands of clubs get accredited with our partners at The FA, The Irish FA, The Scottish FA & The FA of Wales, so kids can get on with what they love the best, playing football.

Taking clubs to the next level by getting them accrdited with our UK Football Assocication partners.

High quality, well-run and sustainable clubs and leagues are the lifeblood of grassroots football. That's why we support the accreditation programmes across the UK. It's a way for clubs to demonstrate to all members, parents, sponsors and the public that it's a well-organised and safe club, offering opportunities for everyone.

There are different accreditation programs for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, but what they all have in common is that they support the development and recognition of clubs that are committed to excellence.

The benefits and rewards for the accredited clubs are plentiful:

Improving the image of the club, making it easier to attract and keep players and volunteers, and develop towards being the best club possible.

Increasing the media profile, to help promote the club’s achievements throughout their community.

Supporting further development and access to resources to help with club organisation.

Being an accredited club means that it's actively trying to be as good as possible, and creating a safe and exciting place for kids and young people to play football.

To find out more about how you can help your club get accredited click here.

There’s nothing better than a brand new kit. But it’s got to be a proper one. Over the next years, in partnership with the UK FAs, we are giving away thousands of Nike and Adidas kits to local accredited clubs across the UK.
Find out more.

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Grassroots football wouldn’t exist without the efforts of all the hard working volunteers. We think these community heroes should get the recognition they deserve, and that’s why we’re proud to sponsorCommunity Awards across the UK.

Celebrating the heroes who make grasssroots football possible.

There are thousands of volunteers across the UK who work week in and week out, come rain or shine, to provide opportunities for young football players. These people put in countless hours, often over a number of years, to ensure grassroots football keeps going from strength to strength.

Click on the crests to nominate local heroes in your area.

These are the real heroes of grassroots football, and along with our partners at the four UK Football Associations we want to give them the recognition they deserve through the annual Community Awards.

The awards offer a chance to all those involved in grassroots football to shout about the people or team who really make a difference to this beautiful game. There are separate awards for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.Winners are awarded at a local, county, regional and national level, so there are plenty of opportunities for our grassroots football heroes to be recognised.

Stay tuned to find out the winners of the Community Awards. In the meantime, get more grassroots football news on our Twitter @BetterPlayUK.

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We all love a good kick-about. It brings people together. We’re arranging community football days all around the country, for new players to give the game a go, and for everyone in the family to have a fun day out.

Bringing people together for Community Football Days around the country.

Grassroots football is all about getting people together to play, have fun and get to know each other a little bit better. It makes us all feel better connected with each other. That’s why we’ve teamed up with the UK Football Associations to arrange Community Football Days across the UK.

These are local events that will happen across the UK. It’s a small open door festival that will highlight the glory of the local teams, as well as heling to recruit new players and volunteers. Its also an opportunity to see how together we are helping to raise the quality of grassroots football.

GET READY TO CELEBRATEAT THE FA COMMUNITYSHIELD PRESENTED BY McDONALD'S

Bring your hands together for the 13th FA Community Shield supported by McDonald’s

In 2014, the traditional curtain raiser to the season saw FA Cup winners Arsenal return to Wembley to compete for the FA Community Shield with Premier League champions Manchester City.

As part of our annual celebration of Community Football, we invited inspirational grassroots football volunteers to be recognised at our Community Awards ceremony, grassroots clubs to take part in an on pitch team parade and 24 lucky children to walk out with the teams as McDonald’s Player Escorts.

The 2015 Community Shield will see FA Cup Winners Arsenal take on Premier League Winners Chelsea on Sunday 2nd August. Keep your eye on the Better Play website for chances to win match tickets and more!

Over 70,000 fans created an electric atmosphere, watching on as Arsenal impressively dispatched their rivals. An early goal from Santi Cazorla was followed just before half time by a clever finish from Aaron Ramsey. The icing on the cake however came in the 60th minute when Olivier Giroud tucked a 25-yard dipping strike into the top corner.

It is fair to say the 2014 Community Shield was a worthy celebration of all the fantastic work that goes into grassroots football across the country.

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